Need verbal guidance to push my score to 730

Hi Bniwedita

A V27 indicates that you are struggling with concepts and would need to start from the basics again. Before suggesting anything specific though, I would like to understand your approach till now, what resources have you followed, how much time have you devoted etc.

Generally speaking, the best order of prep for Verbal is SC->CR->RC. The logic behind this is the level of skills tested. SC acts as the most basic skill tester and tests your comprehension skills. CR builds on this, and also tests your analytical skills on top of the comprehension skills. Once you've mastered these two, you move on to RC, where you are tested on both the previously mentioned skills along with a third one - your ability to focus on the main point in a given passage. This way, its a natural progression of skills that you learn.

As you may know, GMAT tests your inferential skills and your application skills, and as such, you need to learn not only the concepts but the application of those concepts, the methodologies to solve questions correctly and consistently. Thus I recommend going about the verbal prep in 3 phases - learn the concepts, learn the correct application methods (for e.g. a meaning based approach in SC etc), and practicing of questions.

For a start, you could check out this video, explaining how to ace SC questions.


It’s always better to spare some more time on your preparation until you are ready instead of missing out on your dream colleges/ b-schools in hurry.

As you are looking for a quick turnaround, you can check out how Nishant improved from V31 to V41 in a month's time with a full time hectic work schedule:

You can also check out how Heeral broke past the verbal score plateau and improved from V27 to V40 and get some success tips from her journey:

Feel free to reach out if you need any help with the score improvement strategy. Would be happy to help!